Early Thursday morning, the shipping agency "Leth Agencies" reported that "a ship ran aground in the Suez Canal in Egypt, leaving at least four vessels behind." The Suez Canal Authority successfully refloated the ship, and navigation returned to its normal state. "Leth Agencies" tweeted that "Shin Hai Tong 23 ran aground in the Suez Canal at kilometer 159 at 4:00 AM," noting that it "left behind four vessels from the early convoy in addition to the regular group scheduled to enter the Suez Canal around 6:00 AM." Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, mentioned the successful maritime rescue efforts in professionally managing an emergency involving the ship's engines, as it crossed the canal as part of the southern convoy on its journey from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, where the ship was towed to the external dock of Suez by three tugboats.